War at Sea #23

War at Sea #23 contains two stories. The first story depicts a German patrol boat evading an Allied anti-submarine net and successfully entering a harbor, while Allied forces engage the vessel with gunfire aimed at fuel tanks and cargo ships. The second story, titled "Proud and Plucky Perth!," is a first-person account of the Battle of the Java Sea in February 1942, recounting the experiences of an Allied naval correspondent aboard the Australian light cruiser PERTH as the vastly outnumbered Allied Fleet engages a Japanese invasion convoy. The narrative details the doomed mission of the PERTH and HOUSTON heading toward Tanjong Priok, with the account continuing into a comic sequence involving submarine crew members John Daniels and Buddy Romano preparing to dive and engage Japanese forces with acetylene torches.